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Mr Bernd Bohr
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Bernd Bohr advises his clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, with a particular focus on capital markets transactions, including both high yield and investment grade debt as well as equity capital markets transactions. A significant part of his practice involves cross-border transactions and he has advised clients from a broad range of industries in Abu Dhabi, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, the UK and the US.
Career
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2011, Bernd worked in the New York, London and Hong Kong offices of other large international law firms and spent a year on client secondment in the corporate legal department of a large multinational in Switzerland. He is admitted to practice law in New York, England & Wales and Germany. Admissions: Frankfurt am Main, Germany England and Wales New York
Languages
German English French
Education
The University of Chicago Law School Master of Laws University of Trier, Law School Juris Doctor
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > High yield
(Leading partners)The high yield practice at Mayer Brown International LLP is ‘passionate for the client, flexible and pragmatic, well connected and respected in the industry‘. The team in London is able to combine New York, English and German law advice, which enables it to maintain a prominent position in new issuance and refinancing deals in Germany. Practice head and principal high yield partner Bernd Bohr is ‘very engaging, commercially minded and knowledgeable on recent trends‘. He recently acted for Standard Profil Automotive GmbH on a €30m super senior revolving credit facility that shares the same collateral and similar covenants to the issuer’s €275m high yield notes. He also advised Preem Holding on its €340m debut green high yield bond.
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
Mayer Brown International LLP‘s London capital markets group is ‘competitive across the spectrum for investment grade and emerging markets work, across issuer categories and the credit spectrum‘. The firm, which climbs the ranking this year, has a strong presence in market segments such as Canadian debt issuance, emerging markets issuance, and acting for banks as both issuer and underwriter. Peter Pears is driving the growth of the firm’s capital market platform, and he is known for his work in ESG-related bonds, MTN programmes, regulatory capital trades and a host of other DCM deals. He acted for CDP Financial Inc. in its €2bn notes offering. ‘He has a very pragmatic approach to achieving the best outcome on transactions‘, clients remark. Experienced DCM partners experienced partner James Taylor, Bernd Bohr and Rob Flanigan also play key roles in the practice. Taylor worked with the New York office to assist Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) with the update of its C$50bn MTN programme.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > High yield
- Debt capital markets London > Finance
- High yield London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+